332 LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 



20. DlOPTIS AREOLATA. 



Nigra ; caput antice album ; palpi et pedes subtus albi ; prothora- 

 cis latera luteo-hirta ; thoracis latera albo varia ; abdomen 

 albo trivittatum, subtus album ; alee sublimpidce, nigro venosa? 

 et marginatce, anticce nigro bifasciata. 



Black, slender, linear. Head white in front. Palpi and legs 

 while beneath. Prothorax with luteous hairs on each side. Sides 

 of the thorax varied with white. Abdomen with three white stripes; 

 under side white. Wings nearly limpid, with black veins and bor- 

 ders. Fore wings with two slightly oblique black bands, the first in 

 the middle, the second broader and shorter, and near the tip. 

 Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the wings 14 — 17 lines. 



a — c. Brazil. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



d. Brazil. Presented by Gordon Graham, Esq. 



e. South America. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 /. Bio Janeiro. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 g, h. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



21. Dioptis Cyma. 



Nigra, albo rittata, subtus albida ; humeri lutei; alee subli?npidce, 

 nigro marginatce ; antica nigro bifasciatce, macula antica sub- 

 apicali lutea ; posticce vitta postica nigro marginata. 



Dioptis Cyma, H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 99, f. 17, 18; Verz. 

 Sckmett. 174, 1792. 



a. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



b, c. Para, From Mr. Bates' collection. 



d. Demerara. From Mr. Children's collection. 



22. Dioptis vinosa. 



Alee cinereo-diaphance ; antica marginibus anticis et posticis rufo- 

 fulvis, macula magna externa {in medio alba margine nigro) ; 

 posticce foem. fascia submarginali rufo-fulva. Long. alar, 

 fere 24 lin. 



Drury. Ins. i. 47, pi. 23, f. 4. 



Sphinx vinosa, Drury, App. ii. 



